Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 48:1-5

1HearH8085ye this, Ohouseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290,whichH4325arecalledהַנִּקְרָאִים֙ha.nik.ra.'ImH7121by thenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and arecomeH3318forthH3318outH3318of thewatersוּמִמֵּ֥יu.mi.MeiH4325ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063;whichH4325swearהַֽנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים׀ha.nish.ba.'ImH7650by thenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034of theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, andmakeH8085mentionיַזְכִּ֔ירוּyaz.Ki.ruH2142of theGodוּבֵאלֹהֵ֤יu.ve.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478, butnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808intruthבֶאֱמֶ֖תve.'e.MetH571,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808inrighteousnessבִצְדָקָֽה׃vitz.da.KahH6666.

2For theycallנִקְרָ֔אוּnik.Ra.'uH7121themselvesH5921of theholyהַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ha.Ko.deshH6944cityמֵעִ֤ירme.'IrH5892, and staythemselvesH5921uponH5921theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478; theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635is hisnameשְׁמֽוֹ׃ סshe.MoH8034.

3I havedeclaredהִגַּ֔דְתִּיhi.Gad.tiH5046theformerהָרִֽאשֹׁנוֹת֙ha.ri.sho.nOtH7223things from ofoldH7223; yea, theywentH3318forthH3318outH3318of mymouthוּמִפִּ֥יu.mi.PiH6310, and I shewed them:suddenlyפִּתְאֹ֥םpit.'OmH6597Ididעָשִׂ֖יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213them, and theycameH935topassH935.

4Becauseכִּ֥יkiH3588I knew that thou artobstinateקָשֶׁ֖הka.ShehH7186, and thyneckעָרְפֶּ֔ךָ'a.re.Pe.khaH6203is anironבַּרְזֶל֙bar.ZelH1270sinewוְגִ֤ידve.GidH1517, and thy brow brass;

5therefore I havedeclaredוָאַגִּ֤ידva.'a.GidH5046it to thee from of old;beforeבְּטֶ֥רֶםbe.Te.remH2962itcameH935topassH935I shewed it thee:lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thou shouldestsayתֹּאמַר֙to.MarH559, MineidolH6459hathdoneעָשָׂ֔ם'a.SamH6213them, and mygravenH6459imageוּפִסְלִ֥יu.fis.LiH6459, and my moltenimageH6459, hathcommandedצִוָּֽם׃tzi.VamH6680them.

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